Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ANNOTATION, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Emblem of early seeking, early finding Last Line: So tossed you to the hooves of infamy? Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): Dramatists; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Dramatists | ||||||||
The primrose way to the everlasting bonfire. MACBETH II, iii. Like a puffed and reckless libertine Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. HAMLET I, iii. EMBLEM of early seeking, early finding, Frailness whose patience stills the moody cries Of old Time struggling through chaotic skies Where the lashed sleet-gust foams, buffeting and blinding, And then were ever the light in his calm eyes May after May, a star so dear and mild That love by the evening bell and you beguiled Thinks echo charmed to your still bell replies; Pilgrim, to whom the weaker sort will turn Their pale looks, and your pale resolve responds, Your paths are peace, they comfort and not burn, There young Love strolls, old Adage stares in ponds. With what strange wrong was Shakespeare mocked when he So tossed you to the hooves of infamy? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL ALMSWOMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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